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despite previous warning, evidently because he did not
rate this dog^s principles and sensitiveness at their proper
worth. The warning given to one and all was this-
wise :— 'Once before Palaniswami had been rude in
speech and behaviour to Chinna Karuppan. It was on
a cold rainy night; all the same Chinna Karuppan left
the precincts and laid outside on a bag of charcoal some
distance from the Asram, whence he was recalled only
next morning.' Another warning had been given from
the behaviour of a little dog. 'PaLmiswami some years
back chid the little dog who was with us in Virupaksha
cave. He at once ran down into the Sankha tirtam tank,
m which his carcass was seen floating after some time.
Palaniswami and all others were at once told that dogs
and other animal inmates of the Asram have intelligence
and principles of their own and should not be roughly
created/ We do not know what souls may be tenanting
these bodies and for finishing what portion of their
unfinished Karma they seek our company^

About dogs and their relation to Maharshi an inte-
resting history can be written; but space permits only a
few more.

The Asram had several dogs manifesting great intel-
ligence and serving strangers as guides like St. Bernard's
dogs. Segappan, Kamala and others were able to guide
strangers all round the hill. " Kamala, take this gentle-
man round," was all the Swami had to say ; and she
would take him to every image, tank, and cave round the
hill, and bring him back. Jack No. 1, combined strict
obedience with intelligence and sensitiveness. Once
Maharshi and others started from. Virupaksha cave to

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